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Record Nr.

UNINA9910970553403321

Autore

Schieffelin Edward L

Titolo

The Sorrow of the Lonely and the Burning of the Dancers / / by E. Schieffelin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2005

ISBN

9786611365325

9781281365323

1281365327

9781403981790

1403981795

Edizione

[2nd ed. 2005.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxvi, 244 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps, portraits

Disciplina

305.89/912

Soggetti

Culture

Social policy

Race

Ethnology

Human rights

Sociology of Culture

Social Policy

Race and Ethnicity Studies

Sociocultural Anthropology

Human Rights

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-234) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Bibliography to Preface; Kaluli Pronunciation; Introduction; 1 Ceremonies and Reciprocity; 2 In the Shadow of the Mountain; 3 I'm Sorry, Brother, I Don't Eat That; 4 Organizing Actions: Those at the House and Those Who Came; 5 The Unseen World and the Opposition Scenario; 6 Assertion and Appeal; 7 Anger, Reciprocity, and the Rhythms of Experience; 8 The Perception of a Human Condition; 9 Ceremonial Occasions and Preparations; 10 The



Gisaro; 11 Gisaro and the Opposition Scenario; Appendix I Dances and Ceremonies Performed by Bosavi People; Appendix II Selected Bibliography of Bosavi since 1968; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This classic ethnography, now in its second edition, describes the traditional way of life of the Kaluli, a tropical forest people of Papua New Guinea. The book takes as its focus the nostalgic and violent Gisalo ceremony, one of the most remarkable performances in the anthropological literature. Tracking the major symbolic and emotional themes of the ceremony to their sources in everyday Kaluli life, Schieffelin shows how the central values and passions of Kaluli experience are governed by the basic forms of social reciprocity. However, Gisaro reveals that social reciprocity is not limited to the dynamics of transaction, obligation and alliance. It emerges, rather, as a mode of symbolic action and performative form, embodying a cultural scenario which shapes Kaluli emotional experience and moral sensibility and permeates their understanding of the human condition.